GARDENA — A student was arrested last week after being found with a gun at a high school in Gardena, the Los Angeles School Police Department disclosed Wednesday.

School police were sent April 17 to New Millennium Secondary School, at 1301 W. 182nd St., after getting a report that a male student was showing a gun to classmates at the school, which shares a campus with Gardena High School. The schools are part of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

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The principal and staff members helped officers identify and locate the student, who was found and searched. A loaded firearm was found in his waistband, according to the Los Angeles School Police Department.

The gun was taken and the student, whose name was withheld, was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm on school grounds, police said.

A school police spokeswoman declined to disclose the student’s custody status or if he had been allowed to return to school, citing privacy concerns.